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Spain's editorial/business commitment to the Frankfurt Book Fair has been dressed in a cultural program designed by the Acción Cultural Española agency, the state company for promotion abroad.

The Government of Spain occupies one of the pavilions of the immense fair.

professionals from all over the world.

Other names appear on the list of the best-selling Spanish authors on the market: Dolores Redondo had eight sales of

yesterday .

The Cuban Leonardo Padura, the author of literature for post-adolescents Alice Kellen and the classics Julia Navarro, Ildefonso Falcones and Elisabet Benavent were also quoted on the rise.

They have all been protagonists on the third day of the Frankfurt Book Fair, the day on which the Government of Spain presented its commitment with the presence of Minister Miquel Iceta and Vice President Nadia Calviño.

Together they explained the PERTE

and visited the

of the

who are working these days in Germany.

"Our language is not only a means of communication but also our vision of the world. It is essential that the machines are trained in Spanish," said Vice President Calviño: "The field of language is something that we have to feel very proud of and confident. With almost 600 million speakers,

".

The Ukrainian president,

, was also in Frankfurt, invited to speak by videoconference by the Fair and the European Federation of Publishers (FEP).

Zelensky called the presence of Ukrainian eidtores at the fair "an act of resistance," adding that the response to Russia's war of aggression and its disinformation campaign is to spread awareness about what is going on.

"When people lack knowledge they are easily manipulated by governments."

"Make books about those who weaken Europe, circulate them, make documentaries and movies, those are the answers.

," he added.

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